866 - ثَمَراتُ الزُّهدِ

866. THE BENEFITS OF ASCETICISM

2755.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : الزُّهدُ في الدنيا يُرِيحُ القَلبَ والبَدَنَ ، والرَّغبَةُ فيها تُتعِبُ القَلبَ والبَدَنَ .¹

2755.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Abstaining from the vain pleasures of this world puts the heart and the body at rest, whereas longing for them exhausts the heart and the body.' ²

2756.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن زَهِدَ في الدنيا ، ولم يَجزَعْ مِن ذُلِّها ، ولَم يُنافِسْ في عِزِّها ، هَداهُ اللَّهُ بغَيرِ هِدايَةٍ مِن مَخلوقٍ ، وعَلَّمَهُ بغَيرِ تَعلِيمٍ ، وأثبَتَ الحِكمَةَ في صَدرِهِ وأجراها على‏ لِسانِهِ .³

2756.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He who renounces this worldly life, neither concerning himself with its baseness nor vying for its glory, Allah rewards him with a gift that is unobtainable through any of His creatures, grants him knowledge without the need for learning, secures wisdom in his heart and makes it flow upon his tongue.' ⁴

2757.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : اِزهَدْ في الدنيا تَنزِلْ علَيكَ الرَّحمَةُ .⁵

2757.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Abstain from the vain pleasures of this world and divine mercy will descend upon you.' ⁶

2758.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الزهدُ في الدنيا الراحَةُ العُظمى‏ .⁷

2758.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Abstaining from the vain pleasures of this world is the greatest source of comfort.' ⁸

2759.الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام : مَن زَهِدَ في الدنيا هانَتْ علَيهِ مَصائبُها ولم يَكرَهْها .⁹

2759. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, 'He who renounces the world's vain pleasures finds its afflictions trivial and is not bothered by them as a result.' ¹⁰

2760.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : حَرامٌ على‏ قُلوبِكُم أن تَعرِفَ حَلاوَةَ الإيمانِ حتّى‏ تَزهَدَ في الدنيا .¹¹

2760.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'It is forbidden for your hearts that they should taste the sweetness of faith until and unless they abstain from the pleasures of this world.' ¹²